Tab Character in Gmail
Tab Character in Gmail
I'm new to AutoHotKey.
I'm trying to insert a tab character (space) in gmail. It can be done using ASCII 009 but it has to be with the embedded number pad on a laptop keyboard and my computer doesn't have that feature.
Is there a way to insert ASCII 009 into gmail in such a way that it produces a tab? I've searched the forums and played around with a script but can't get it to work.
Thanks,
Bob
I'm trying to insert a tab character (space) in gmail. It can be done using ASCII 009 but it has to be with the embedded number pad on a laptop keyboard and my computer doesn't have that feature.
Is there a way to insert ASCII 009 into gmail in such a way that it produces a tab? I've searched the forums and played around with a script but can't get it to work.
Thanks,
Bob
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Send {Tab}
Re: Tab Character in Gmail
Unfortunately, that doesn't work, it basically does the same as if you hit Tab when in gmail; it highlights the Send button.
I need to insert the ASCII character so it actually forces gmail to add a "tab" to the email. The idea is to be able to easily make a sort of table in gmail.
I need to insert the ASCII character so it actually forces gmail to add a "tab" to the email. The idea is to be able to easily make a sort of table in gmail.
Re: Tab Character in Gmail
I don't think Gmail allows inserting a Tab character at all, regardless of the input method, e.g. Gmail message composer just suppresses tab chars or converts to spaces in plain text mode.
Re: Tab Character in Gmail
You are mistaken and perhaps did not try the solution already posted.
Re: Tab Character in Gmail
For me pasting works (programmatically as well as manually). Send, ^v
Re: Tab Character in Gmail
mikhail22: when you run the script and press F3 in a Gmail composition, nothing happens? Which browser?
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Firefox. Yep, nothing happens if I press it in the body of the message, but everywhere else it works, so it is the message composer only issue. If I choose "plain text mode" in the composer, it inserts 4 spaces instead of tab.
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Fair enough. Firefox is different.